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Show I JEFFRIES WILL I START TRAINING I i Will Quit Stage May 10 to Get Ready for John- j, son Fight. I ; WANTS CORBETT, RYAN ; AND BURNS TO TRAIN I Johnson Is Confident and vIs I Ready to Fight for Cham-' pionship. I Special to The Tribune. ; NEW YORK, May 1. James J. ,Tef- $j : fries, champion hcavj-weight pugilist of jjj : the world, announces that ho will go lie into active training after May 10, and cn ' will quit the stage on the date named. I2i Jeffries 6ays that the two months5 -work S . be has had on the Btago, together -with jjjj i the little outsido work he has done, has ug ' , placed him in fairl' good condition, iiS and now he is ready to talk business 1st & ; lo .Tack Johnson. roc i . iTg -j : - Jeffries is trying to secure James J. ill Corbett as one of his sparring partners, jj ! as well as Tommy Ryan and Farmer '' i Burns, the latter champion light heavy ijf r wrestler of the world. Jeffries says Sjc j that with this combination ho will be rst i' able to shape into better form than 'ill i1 ever. There is no one who can put out i'flj . ; . the science of Corbett and Ryan, and 10f j in boxing with those two men every ,.fi ' i' Any, Jeffries is confident that ho will ijsf ; get enough speed to put away Johnson ft . in ten rounds, irs : Jeffries Is Mad. $3 Jeffries is worked up to a high pitch ilj ; : over whair Johnson has said recently Cj i regarding his present ability as a fight- 21! i er. and 'if. would not bo well for the s I ' colored man to meet Jeffries accidentia accident-ia ' ; nllv on the street, as tho boilcrmaker ; ; would no doubt wado right in without stopping to consider a purse. I Since Jeffries has announced his intention in-tention io fight and is nor making preparations to train: Johnson has been rarrullv vending the papers to get tho Inily .toff" dope; and has had little to lay 'himself- , 'A great mjniy of tho fans arc of the spinion that when the two men step Into the ring that Johnson will fear Trfrries, which viU 1c a big handicap ;o overcome, but this is all a mistake. Johnson, since his victory over Tommy Burns, would fisrht :i buzz-saw. Johu-iod Johu-iod seems to like the- idea of meeting iruiK Jeffries soou as he car. then ho will en! -lion be declared the official world 's tkl 'hampion without any strings attached in ;o ihc Ittlc, as he is sure of .winning. |